2nd Saskatchewan Legislature

The 2nd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in August 1908. The assembly sat from December 10, 1908, to June 15, 1912. ^[1] The Liberal Party led by Walter Scott formed the government. ^[2] The Provincial Rights Party led by Frederick Haultain formed the official opposition. ^[3]

William Charles Sutherland served as speaker for the assembly. ^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1908: ^[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Arm River	George Adam Scott	Liberal	1908
	Athabasca	Joseph Octave Nolin	Liberal	1908
	Battleford	Sydney Seymour Simpson	Liberal	1908
	Cannington	John Duncan Stewart	Liberal	1905
	Canora	John Duff Robertson	Liberal	1908
	Duck Lake	William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon	Liberal	1907
	Estevan	George Alexander Bell	Liberal	1908
	Francis	John James Stevenson	Liberal	1908
	Hanley	James Walter MacNeill	Liberal	1908
	Humboldt	David Bradley Neely	Liberal	1905
		William Richard Motherwell (1908)	Liberal	1905, [a] 1908
	Kinistino	George Balfour Johnston	Provincial Rights	1908
	Last Mountain	Thomas Arnold Anderson	Provincial Rights	1908
	Lloydminster	Henry Claud Lisle	Liberal	1908
	Maple Creek	David James Wylie	Provincial Rights	1905
	Milestone	Albert Eugene Whitmore	Provincial Rights	1908
	Moose Jaw City	John Henry Wellington	Provincial Rights	1905
	Moose Jaw County	John Albert Sheppard	Liberal	1905
	Moose Mountain	William Elliot	Provincial Rights	1905
	Moosomin	Alexander Smith Smith	Liberal	1908
	North Battleford	Donald M. Finlayson	Liberal	1908
	North Qu'Appelle	John Archibald McDonald	Provincial Rights	1908
	Pelly	John Kenneth Johnston	Liberal	1908
	Pheasant Hills	Henry Hayes Willway	Provincial Rights	1908
	Pipestone	Archibald Beaton Gillis	Provincial Rights	1905
	Prince Albert City	John Ernest Bradshaw	Provincial Rights	1908
	Prince Albert County	Samuel James Donaldson	Provincial Rights	1907
	Redberry	George Langley	Liberal	1905
	Regina City	James Franklin Bole	Liberal	1905
	Regina County	Frederick Clarke Tate	Provincial Rights	1908
	Rosthern	Gerhard Ens	Liberal	1905
	Saltcoats	Thomas MacNutt	Liberal	1905
		James Alexander Calder (1908)	Liberal	1905, [b] 1908
	Saskatoon City	Archibald Peter McNab	Liberal	1908
	Saskatoon County	William Charles Sutherland	Liberal	1905
	Souris	Archibald W. Riddell	Provincial Rights	1908
	South Qu'Appelle	Frederick William Gordon Haultain	Provincial Rights	1905
	Swift Current	Walter Scott	Liberal	1905
	Touchwood	George Maitland Atkinson	Liberal	1908
	Vonda	Albert Frederick Totzke	Liberal	1908
	Wadena	Herbert Chandler Pierce	Liberal	1908
	Weyburn	Robert Menzies Mitchell	Liberal	1908
	Yorkton	Thomas Henry Garry	Liberal	1905

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	27
	Provincial Rights	14
Total		41
Government Majority		13

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons: ^[5]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Humboldt	William Richard Motherwell	Liberal	December 7, 1908	David Bradley Neely resigned his seat to run for a House of Commons seat [6]
Saltcoats	James Alexander Calder	Liberal	December 7, 1908	Thomas MacNutt resigned his seat to run for a House of Commons seat [7]
Saskatoon City	Archibald Peter McNab	Liberal	December 24, 1908	McNab resigned his seat after being named to cabinet and was reelected by acclamation [8]

Notes:

1. North Qu'Appelle
2. South Regina

References

1. "Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
2. "Saskatchewan Premiers" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
3. "Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
4. "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
5. "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
6. Who's who in western Canada. Canadian Press Association. 1911. p. 296. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
7. Hawkes, John (1924). The story of Saskatchewan and its people. Vol. 2. p. 718. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
8. Chambers, Ernest J (1912). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.